Yes, and at this stage I am starting to believe it will be the norm, as with #Bitcoin and centralized exchanges... Not pretty

But, when I go to see some of the profiles of the people saying they are getting a paid relay, they have in their profile dozens of other relays, which is amusing, if you are going to use paying relays because of their filters using them mixed with other relays makes it useless since you will get all the ads and spam from the other relays you are using.

Installing an #Bitcoin node like umbrel requires very little effort and comes with a private Nostr relay you can install, and for the people not technical savvy at all, they can buy a Star9 out of the box ready, and install NOSTR aswelll, there are options, some cheaper than others but being uncensorable and your data unconfiscatable is priceless, specially if you are a content creator